2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bit By Bit, Trump is Going to Adopt Bernie's Platform for the General Election. [View all]berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)Trump is no idiot. He knows exactly how to run against Hillary. I'm not asking any Hillary voters to change their mind either. But the party better figure out that the platform that Bernie has been running on is the platform that most of the nation wants. Hillary is showing every sign of moving right for the GE. This is going to be the downfall of a Democratic in the White House this election and likely many down ticket Dems. Bernie owns this platform and everyone knows it. Time and Time again, Bernie has won when independents were allowed to vote. He's winning independents by LARGE margins. If Trump co-opts Bernie's platform, he too will win those Independents as well as a fair percentage of Democrats who would never vote for Hillary and who don't give a damn about the issues that Trump has been outrageous on... that is, unless Bernie is the nominee.